Knockdown carton



April 13 ,1926. W. C. CARLSON KNocKDowN cARToN Filed D60. 31, 1923 w'm W ;9% A TTORNEYJ Pa tented 13, 1926.

issues Z WALTER'C. oantsomor MILwAinEn, Wisconsin.

.knofcxnown Cannon. 1

' Appncanonfiiea December 8:1', 1923; I serial 'na:688,837l z Be it known that I, VALTER C. CAnLsoN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Milwaukee, county of Milwaukee'and State YVisconsin, have invented new and usefulv lmproveinents in Knockdown Cartons, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in knocldown 'cartons The object of my invention is to provide a display carton which canbe shipped-in knoclidown form and which Vwhen set up for use, will produce'a realisticlrepresentation of a barn or stable Vpartly by reason of matter pi'inted thereon and partly by reason of projecting` pictorial cutouts pai'tially severed fronithe wall of the enclosui'e and swuiig to an oblique position with reference to such wall. 7

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Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a stable constructed in accordance withvmy inventioii.

Fig. 2 is a detail view of a portion of one wall, enlarged and showing one'of the cut? ouis adjusted o-hliquely to give the effect of relief. i

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As shown in Figure 1 the display carton compi'isesa structure having Vertical walls and a sloping` roof A portion 3 of one of the side 4 walls v1 projects upwardly Jihrough a slit li in the i'oofand is provided with a pictorial representationof a pair of windows indicative of a doi'mer-windmv structure. The side wall is provided With a pictorial representation` 5 of the head of a horse and of a Window frame composed of bars 6, 6' and G. i The Outline of the horse,s head and a portio'n of :the neck substantially occupies the window space, i. e. the: space between the frame bars, the nose extending 3' is a sectional view di'awn on line downwardly across the frame bars 6' 'and G' by Cutting' oi' slitting` the cardboard composing the wall 1 along the Outline of the horsels head and neck leaving this portion of the wall connected with the'i'einainder along the representation of the Vertical frame bar 6,. Et is thus possible'to bend outwardly there'- sulting fiap containing` the representation of the horses head, whereby it is indicated in i, relief as clearly shown in Figure 2, thereby producing'a'i'ealistic' impression upon the eye, of a horses head projected through the Window lof a stable.

This i'ealistic iinpression maybe extended by providing the wall l-with pictorial representations of other objects, such for eX-` vample as 'therepresentation 8 of a'barrel.

In Figure 1 the representation of a window frame is extended to in'dicate a series of windows 10, separated by Vertical fraine bars 11.. The front walllf of the structure is providedwith'a representation of doors 13 vand 14 and these may be similar partially cut awayexcept along'those Vertical sides, 'which contain the representation of hinges 15; These sides are creased or weakenedtov form' foldingl lines, whei'eby the doors may be swung, appai'ently on hinges.

`he side walls 1 land end vwalls l-ma'y be forined integrally from a single piecefof cardboarchcreased or otherwise weakened to roof eoniprises a sepai'ate piecelof cardboard siinilai'ly creased tofoi'in a folding` line 18 at the ridge and other folding lmes19 in v accordance with the design of the roof. An-

otherpiece ofvcardboard may be folded in rectangular .form andV provided with projections 20 which pass through slits in the roof Vlookingl fiaps 22, one of the end walls being` provided with 'these flaps and the other wall nariekea.` v

i Owing to the reliefl havinOV slits 2-3 in which said flaps may bewith a pictorial representation' of the windowin the Vmanner, above described7 realistic effects are obtained which `are radicallyrdifferent`v from those which are i obtained relied upon. These realistic effects are ac- I representation of the head of a horse or other animal associated form folding lines at the corner 17. The

`where ordinary pictorial representation is centuated by combining a reliefV representa--` ltion 'with others not .in vrelief andby providing partially open doors whichallow'a view of the interior of the structure. i In the construction shown the side wall has but two side wall projections:-one indicates the head of the horse and the other indicatesa doriner-window. VBut itwill be, of course9 understood that 'the number of these relief pi'ojectionsv is notmaterial.

I claim: of said Window frame and Jthe severed out- 10 In a device of the Character descrbed, the line thereof extending from said margn in combination With a Wall structure adapted major portion Within the area enclosed by to be assembled in the form of a building said frame 'and in minor part extending 5 and provided pictorially With the represenacross the line of said frame, Whereby, When tation of a Window frame, of an animalls said head is pressed outwardly it Will simn 15 head form-ed ntegrally With said Wall and late the appearance 'of an animal looking` having its Outline partially Severed therethrough said Window. from, said 'head terminatng at one margn VLTER C. CARLSON. 

